First of all I would like to give you a small explanation on
smart device sensors. Really, these complex electronics based technological
implementations are not fuzzy, they have become simple and easy with the recent
development of smart devices. Are you hoping to adjust the volume of your
device automatically? Yes, indeed you can do it.
Android sensors, an overview
I hope that you have heard about the bunch of in built sensors
packed inside recent Android devices to enhance and modify the user experience
of smartphone holders. There are two well-known common sensors like ambient
light sensor-assist you to adjust screen brightness automatically and
accelerometer (consist of a gyroscope or more) that helps you by tracking
physical movements, orientation of the device and etc.
You would be really amazed about the quantity of small in built
sensors that modern Android devices consist of. But we will not describe each
and every one of them through this discussion.
However we will be explaining several things out of them. We
recommend you to conduct a further research on your smart device using Sensors
Mulitoo. This application will help you to dig deep inside to your device than
any app in the Play Store. Have you ever used a benchmark app on your device?
Check out what is the performance ratings of your device and it will be really
fun. Moreover if you having any problems or faults on sensors of your Android
device, this app will assist you to find them easily before you step in to a
repair centre.
GPS
Let’s start with the GPS. You may think that the GPS is some
sort of a radio module. Anyway this will be a good tool that makes your life
easy. When you are scrolling down the sensors and module list of “Sensors
Multitool”, you will find GPS at the top of the list under the Battery option.
Let me explain some valuable advantages of having a GPS.
Basically GPS defines Global Positioning System. This is mainly focused on the
location services of your Android phone. Assume that you are searching
something on your Google maps app and need to find the easiest route from your
current location. GPS sensor will assist the Google Maps to find your current
location and let you easily navigate through the route. Not only that this will
be really helpful for you to play modern Android games such as Pokemon Go. Do
you want to test your GPS sensor? Yes, “Sensors Multitool” will do it for you.
It will show the coordinates of your current location and status of your GPS
sensor.
Light
I think you have an understanding about auto
screen brightness settings on your smart device. This is directly done by the
light sensors, it catches the current lux level of light intensity and compare
it with the current screen brightness of your device to set the optimum screen
brightness with respect to the current lux level. Open up the light sensor tab
from the sensors list of the ”Sensors Multitool” and see the difference of lux
level at various lighting conditions. This will be really fun. I will mention
my results below.
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Gravity, Linear acceleration, Rotation Vector and Orientation
You may think why other sensors are there? Are you playing
racing games on your device? Have you ever think how you can steer your vehicle
by tilting your device or how your Google cardboard or VR glass finds the
direction that you are looking at? Here’s the answer. There are a bunch of
sensors and transducers on your smart device that make it possible.
If you have any issue when you are playing a game, using a
Google cardboard or VR glass just hop in to “Sensors Multitool” and test
particular sensors. You will get upset that you don’t have a Gyroscope inside
your device, but do not worry there are plenty of sensors that can fill out
that shortage. I will give you a quick and brief explanation regarding other
sensors.
For the measurements of movements there are accelerometer and
linear acceleration meter. Linear acceleration meter is mainly focused on the
on-line movements around the reference globe while the accelerometer occupies
the gravitational forces occurring on your device. You may see a higher
fluctuation on the graphs of the accelerometer when you are shaking the device
but less fluctuation for the linear sensors. You may need to run to see a
difference on the linear acceleration graph.
Finally,
I would like to discover the Orientation sensors. This sensor is made as a
dual-purpose one. The main objective is keeping records through the magnetic
compass direction your device is facing to. The other objective is to get a
three-axis measure the facing angle of your device with respect to the
referenced origin. This is the most important sensor that occupies when you are
playing games. Also this orientation gives you the control when mapping by
allowing you to figure out the exact direction where you are heading to.
Summary of Android Sensors.
"Android Pioneers" hope you have seen common sensors occupied by android devices. All of these sensors work in collaboration to make it a great and user friendly experience for your device. Try “Sensors Multitool” to test all of the sensors on your Android smart device. Please share this article. Thank you…!
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